DND Character: Halfling Ranger
Steve Tealbrush
A halfling hunter and adventurer.
For this one, the client really wanted to incorporate the diamond like shapes and patterns of a medieval gambeson while making it look like it's something created out of the spoils of a dragon they defeated in one of their adventures.
So I tried to make it look like it is crafted out of dragonhide, layered with the padded gambeson and accented by a chestguard with dragonscales plus a pauldron with dragon teeth.
Lastly I tried to capture the look of a character standing on a "base" platform just like the awesome minis that are a staple for any awesome tabletop RPG adventuring.
Steve Tealbrush with Bow and arrows, his weapon of choice.
A variation of Steve weilding his rifle.
Experimented on adding a "base" and trying to capture the character in a specific terrain rather than a full background. Inspired ofcourse by the DND minis.
Early color blocking, if you can see, the head here is a little smaller than what I end up in the final, it makes him look more normal human proportions rather than a halfling.
FInal Lineart
A side by side comparison of some of the different head versions we had before arriving to the perfect age and likeness for the character. (ref Griffin Gluck)
Main references for how I imagined the materials for the layers of armor , hide and cloth would be
Earlier sketches for fleshing out the design of the actual armor. Playing around with percentage of metal, hide and the scales.
Initial pose sketches. The Client ended up picking Variation A of Batch 2.